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1946 Washington State Cougars football team

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1946 Washington State Cougars football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record1–6–1 (1–5–1 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRogers Field
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 UCLA $ 7 0 0 10 1 0
Oregon State 6 1 1 7 1 1
USC 5 2 0 6 4 0
Washington 5 3 0 5 4 0
Stanford 3 3 1 6 3 1
Oregon 3 4 1 4 4 1
Montana 1 3 0 4 4 0
Washington State 1 5 1 1 6 1
California 1 6 0 2 7 0
Idaho 0 5 0 1 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1946 college football season. Second-year head coach Phil Sarboe led the Cougars to a 1–6–1 overall record (1–5–1 in PCC, eighth).[1]

Washington State was ranked at No. 89 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.[2]

All three home games were played in October, on campus at Rogers Field in Pullman.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at USCL 7–1368,282[3][4]
October 5IdahoW 32–014,000[5]
October 12Washington
L 7–2126,000[6]
October 19at OregonT 0–018,000[7]
October 26Oregon State
  • Rogers Field
  • Pullman, WA
L 12–1315,000[8]
November 2at CaliforniaL 14–4730,000[9]
November 16at StanfordL 26–27  8,000[10]
November 30at Michigan State*L 20–2619,691[11]
  • *Non-conference game

NFL draft

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Four Cougars were selected in the 1947 NFL draft, held on December 16, 1946.[12]

Round Overall Player Position NFL club
20 177 Darrell Waller Back Bostpn Yanks
21 188 Elmo Bond Tackle Washington Redskins
26 239 Francis Bocoka End Washington Redskins
27 252 Dick Abrams Back Chicago Cardinals

References

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  1. ^ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 74. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 15, 1946). "Rice Rated Fifth Best, Tennessee 12th by Lit". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. p. B4 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Scrappy Cougars Narrowly Beaten by Trojans". Spokane Daily Chronicle. September 28, 1946. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "W.S.C. Cougars Lose to Trojans 13-7 Before 70,000 Fans at Los Angeles: Lack of Punch Has Score Low; Trojans Don't Have Scoring Power Needed". The Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. September 28, 1946. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Bob Miller (October 6, 1946). "Raging Cougars Run Riot Over Vandals, 32 to 0, in Rugged Grid Battle: W.S.C. Scores in Every Period; Idaho Scraps Hard but Can't Stem Rivals' Rush". The Spokesman Review. p. Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Bob Miller (October 13, 1946). "Huskies Spark in Second Half to Whip Cougars, 21-7, Before 26,000: Comeback Wins for Washington". The Spokesman-Review. p. II-2 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Dick Strite (October 20, 1946). "18,000 See Rain 'Win' Big Game: Factually, Oregon Homecoming Tilt With W.S.C. Ends in a Wet 0-0 Tie". Eugene Register-Guard. pp. 1, 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ B.M. (October 27, 1946). "Washington State Loses Closely Fought Battle to Oregon State Beavers: Cougars Edged by Score of 13-12; Early Fumble Costs Staters Possible Win". The Spokesman Review. p. Sports 2. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ '16 Cougar Football (PDF). Washington State University Athletics. p. 81.
  10. ^ Bill Dunbar (November 17, 1946). "Tribe Beats W.S.C., 27-26: Reds Notch Second PCC Win of Year; Stanford Comes From Behind To Scalp Cougars". Oakland Tribune. pp. 20, 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Lad Slingerland (December 1, 1946). "Spartans Edge Washington State, 26-20: Scoring Bee Finds M.S.C. On Long End; Thrilling Victory in Final Period Gives State .500 Grid Season". Lansing State Journal. pp. 33–34 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "1947 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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